Platoon commander Sergeant A.Asrian teaches Junior Sergeant sniper Matupaeva how to use a telescopic sight 1942

Stalingrad

Guardsman-communicator Potapov and Guardsmen-signalman Semenov move through the streets of Stalingrad 1942

Streets of Stalingrad

Soviet pilots from the women's 46-th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, Heroes of the Soviet Union Rufina Gasheva (left) and Natalia Meklin (right) 2 of the most successful pilots in the Soviet military.
Rufina S. Gasheva (b. 1921) - navigator during the war flew 848 missions.
Natalya F. Meklin (1922-2005) -  980 combat missions.
After the war, both graduated from the Military Institute of Foreign Languages. At retirement, each advanced to the rank of major.
